The small rural town of Dongola, IL, located in Union County, is an area that mostly focuses on farming and has a few small businesses. Although it is a rural town, Dongola still has a vibrant political atmosphere. In the past elections, local residents have come together to discuss important issues such as health care reform, education funding, and economic development. During these political meetings, many candidates have presented their ideas for how to help move the community forward. The elections are also a time for citizens to express their views on how they want their representatives in government to represent them and make decisions that benefit them and their families. As the residents of Dongola continue to share their ideas with each other and show up to the polls every election cycle, they remain active in shaping the political landscape of the community.
The political climate in Zip 62926 (Dongola, IL) is very conservative.
Union County, IL is very conservative. In Union County, IL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 29.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62926 (Dongola, IL) is very conservative.
Dongola, Illinois is very conservative.
Union County, Illinois is very conservative.
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Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Dongola, Illinois: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 62926 (Dongola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)